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By Regerai Pepukai DRESSED in tattered clothes and with nothing on her cracked feet, Faith (15) resembles a street tramp. Perhaps, judging by her circumstances, she would envy to be one of the scores of street children that roam Zimbabwe’s urban areas. They at least enjoy some freedom. The impoverished …

Two police officers from southern Zimbabwe were caught last week allegedly trying to sell a live rare ground pangolin to a businessman in Zimbabwe, it was reported Sunday. The state-controlled Sunday News paper said the two, both in their 20s, are currently in police custody and have been charged with “possessing a specially-protected animal …

We Can exclusively reveal that Vimplecon has sold Telecel Zimbabwe for a whooping xx million dollars in a deal which all involved parties have agreed to keep their lips tied till the last signature has been penned. In legal documents that we gleaned and told in confidence, we can rest …

MDC-T leader Mr Morgan Tsvangirai is failing to settle a $900 debt he owes a top Harare law firm and risks having his property auctioned to settle it. The opposition leader has fallen on hard times after his stint in the inclusive Government ended in 2013, following victory by Zanu-PF …

Zimbabwe’s crippling 48-hour long blackouts have forced the economy to conduct ‘business by candlelight’ The people of Zimbabwe are being forced to live without power for periods of up to 48 hours because supply can’t keep up with demand. The government blames “angry river gods” for a rain shortage that reduced …

Zimbabwe goods overpriced Firms urged to narrow margins, increase volumes Pricing in Zimbabwe is at least four times higher compared to other competitive markets as most companies have overpriced models, a business executive has said. BY TATIRA ZWINOIRA Speaking on the sidelines of the Mandel CEO Network Business Game Changer Seminar …

BUSINESSMAN and Zimbabwe Football Association (Zifa) presidential aspirant, Phillip Chiyangwa, claims he is a victim of his wealth, as questions emerge over his eligibility to lead the country’s football controlling body. Chiyangwa told NewsDay in an interview yesterday that his aim was to go into continental and world soccer administration. …

Latest killings in Hwange national park make 62 elephants that have been poisoned by poachers for their ivory tusks in the African country in October Elephants in Hwange national park, in western Zimbabwe, on 5 August 2015. Photograph: Xinhua Press/Corbis Associated Press in Harare, Zimbabwe Zimbabwean rangers have found the …

A top police officer has been implicated in the poisoning of some of the dozens of elephants killed recently in Hwange in northern Zimbabwe, state media reported on Sunday. The Sunday Mail said an assistant commissioner of police is under investigation for his involvement in a “huge and powerful syndicate” …

The prosperity gospel isn’t really helping the people of Africa. (greg westfall/Flickr/Creative Commons) I’m not an African, but in 2008 some Nigerian friends gave me a Yoruba name (“Akinwale”) because I have been to that country so often. My visits there, along with trips to Uganda, Kenya, Malawi, South Africa …